[Buddha-l] The course of Nature

John Willemsens advaya at euronet.nl
Mon May 26 00:52:18 MDT 2008


>

> John,
>
> The materials you cited are neo-Confucian, not Buddhist. Why would you 
> think
> that Buddhists would provide a definition for an English gloss on
> Neo-Confucianism? (Actually there is a bit of a controversy amongst
> sinologists as to whether "laws of nature" is appropriate for describing
> Chinese thought, most believing it is not, since its western usage carries
> very specific connotations.)
>
> Dan Lusthaus
>

Thank you, Dan.
Do I understand you correctly that there is, to your knowledge, no Buddhist 
equivalent to the notion of 'the course of Nature' (or the 'evolving process 
of Nature')?
John Willemsens. 



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